Ordnance Cleanup

A project to remove old military ordnance at South Beach in Edgartown and Cape Pogue Wildlife Refuge on Chappaquiddick gets under way next week and continues through the month of May.

Cape Pogue was used as a practice target bombing site in the 1940s during the war years. South Beach was also used for military training exercises and was the site of a gunnery range. Buried ordnance has surfaced on the beaches as a result of naturally occurring erosion.

Anyone who encounters ordnance on the beach is advised to stay away from it and call the communications center at 508-693-1212.

A public meeting will be held on April 27 in the selectmen’s room at the Edgartown town hall at 4 p.m. to discuss the project.